WorksheetsMeta-Ethical Terminology
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What is Moral Cognitivism?
The view that there is no such thing as moral value and so it is impossible to assess
the moral worth of any action.
It holds that ethical statements are truth-evaluable, and so can be described as true or false.
A branch of philosophy that looks at the application of different ethical systems to
moral dilemmas and issues.
It holds that ethical statements are not truth-evaluable, and so cannot be described as
true or false.
What is Moral Non-Cognitivism?
The view that moral truths are subject to or dependent on a being’s will or opinion.
A view which holds that ethical statements are not truth-evaluable, and so cannot be described as
true or false.
The view that the truth of moral facts applies to any moral agent, independently of
culture, background or context.
A branch of philosophy that looks at the nature, form and meaning of morality (and
moral statements).
What is Moral Realism?
A branch of philosophy that looks at what moral principles human beings ought to
follow and how people ought to act.
The view that the truth of moral facts applies to any moral agent, independently of
culture, background or context.
The view that there are objective moral facts that exist separately from our subjective
beliefs or feelings.
A philosophical problem that questions the relationship between goodness and God.
What is Moral Anti-Realism
The view that what is good is equivalent to what God commands.
The view that goodness is a non-natural property.
The view that what is good can be known through use of one’s intuition.
The view that there are no objective moral facts that exist separately from our subjective
beliefs or feelings.
What is Moral Absolutism?
This is the view that all actions are intrinsically either right or wrong.
This is the view that ethical principles (or a particular system of ethics) apply universally,
regardless of an individual’s culture, nationality or characteristics.
This is the most extreme view, holding that nothing is ethically right or wrong.
A branch of philosophy that looks at what moral principles human beings ought to
follow and how people ought to act.
What is Moral Universalism?
The view that there are objective moral facts that exist separately from our subjective
beliefs or feelings.
The view that the truth of moral facts is relative to the background, culture or context
of a moral agent.
A branch of philosophy that looks at the application of different ethical systems to
moral dilemmas and issues.
The view that the truth of moral facts applies to any moral agent, independently of
culture, background or context.
What is Moral Relativism?
The view that the truth of moral facts is relative to the background, culture or context
of a moral agent.
The view that the truth of moral facts applies to any moral agent, independently of
culture, background or context.
The view that there are objective moral facts that exist separately from our subjective
beliefs or feelings.
A branch of philosophy that looks at the nature, form and meaning of morality (and
moral statements).
What is Moral Nihilism?
The view that the truth of moral facts is relative to the background, culture or context
of a moral agent.
The view that there is no such thing as moral value and so it is impossible to assess
the moral worth of any action.
The view that moral truths are subject to or dependent on a being’s will or opinion.
The view that the truth of moral facts applies to any moral agent, independently of
culture, background or context.
What is Logical Positivism?
An empiricist movement which developed the verification principle as a way to test
whether statements could be regarded as cognitively meaningful.
The view that moral truths are subject to or dependent on a being’s will or opinion.
The view that moral properties are simply natural properties and so any moral
statement can be reduced down to a natural, descriptive statement.
The view that what is good is equivalent to what God commands.
What is Ethical Subjectivism?
The view that there is no such thing as moral value and so it is impossible to assess
the moral worth of any action.
The view that the truth of moral facts is relative to the background, culture or context
of a moral agent.
The view that moral truths are subject to or dependent on a being’s will or opinion.
The view that there are objective moral facts that exist separately from our subjective
beliefs or feelings.
What is Moral Naturalism?
The view that what is good can be known through use of one’s intuition.
The view that goodness is a non-natural property.
A philosophical problem that questions the relationship between goodness and God.
The view that moral properties are simply natural properties and so any moral
statement can be reduced down to a natural, descriptive statement.
What is Non-naturalism
The view that what is good can be known through use of one’s intuition.
The view that goodness is a non-natural property.
The view that moral truths are subject to or dependent on a being’s will or opinion.
The view that moral properties are simply natural properties and so any moral
statement can be reduced down to a natural, descriptive statement.
What is the Fallacy of Equivocation
An error of reasoning that occurs when a person holds a particular term or word
within an argument to possess one meaning, when in fact it may have multiple
meanings.
The view that moral truths are subject to or dependent on a being’s will or opinion.
The view that what is good is equivalent to what God commands.
The view that the truth of moral facts applies to any moral agent, independently of
culture, background or context.
What is the Is-Ought Problem?
An error of reasoning that occurs when a person holds a particular term or word
within an argument to possess one meaning, when in fact it may have multiple
meanings.
A philosophical problem that asks how one can move from descriptive statements to
prescriptive statements without a leap or an error in reasoning.
A non-cognitivist meta-ethical view which holds that ethical statements are just
subjective statements of approval or disapproval.
The view that moral properties are simply natural properties and so any moral
statement can be reduced down to a natural, descriptive statement.
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